"We're Not Going to Die This Way": Father Describes Jumping into Ocean with 5 Kids to Escape Maui Fire
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#6DRMC)
From Maui, we hear from a survivor of Hawaii's historic wildfires, which have taken at least 55 lives to date. Vixay Phonxaylinkham, a resident of California, was on vacation with his wife and five children when they had to jump into the ocean to escape the raging fires and floated on a piece of wood for hours. We stuck together. We held on. We're not going to die this way. We're here. We're alive," said Phonxaylinkham.